A wildfire in Ireland has uncovered a remarkable sight from World War II

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A Second World War-era sign has been rediscovered after a gorse fire ravaged a hillside on the east coast of Ireland. 

The Irish Air Corps and Garda Air Support Unit spotted that a fire had exposed an old "Éire 8 sign" — a landmark dating back to World War — on Bray Head, in County Wicklow. 

During the war, the word Éire — which means Ireland in the Irish language — was carved into 80 headlands around Ireland to warn allied and German bombers that they were flying over a neutral territory. 

Fires on Bray Head expose amazing World War 2 landmarks. The fires exposed the old Eire 8 sign,which is in reasonable condition. Photos courtesy of the Garda Air Support Unit, which is a mixed unit operated by Air Corps Pilots and Garda specialists@gardainfo @opwireland pic.twitter.com/4vvg3HIjQv

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